Central New York

Madison County, New York

Madison County is home to 68,016 people across 27 cities, towns, villages, and hamlets. Syracuse, Finger Lakes edges, and quiet countryside.

Population (2020): 68,016
Region: Central New York
Places: 27

Tax snapshot County notes Places Statewide links

Property tax in Madison County

About $21–$34 per $1,000 of market value

Combined full-value rates (county + town/city + school) across the county, FY2025. On a $300,000 home that's roughly $6,249–$10,159 a year before STAR. The exact rate depends on the town, school district, and village. A planning estimate, not a bill.

Almanac Notes

More about Madison County

Short, sourced notes tied to this county, with the local color and the things worth knowing before you make a plan.

History & Culture

Cazenovia's Lorenzo Story Holds the Lake and the Village

Cazenovia's story gathers at Lorenzo: an 1807 lakefront estate tied to John Lincklaen, the Holland Land Company, and generations of local life.

History & Culture

Hamilton's College-Town Identity Has an Older Village Green

Hamilton's identity combines Payne's Settlement, the 1816 village charter, the green, the Chenango Canal route, and Colgate's deep local roots.

History & Culture

Oneida's Story Still Lives in the Mansion House

Oneida's local story connects the Oneida Community, the Mansion House, and the later Oneida Ltd. manufacturing identity.

History & Culture

Sullivan Follows the Erie Canal to Chittenango Landing

Sullivan's Chittenango story ties Revolutionary War settlement, the Erie Canal, and a preserved canal boatyard.

History & Culture

Nelson Has Land-Company Roots and Lake-Country Quiet

Nelson's town story moves from treaty lands and the Holland Land Company into hills, lakes, small industry, and rural calm.

History & Culture

Lenox Carries Canastota, Wampsville, and Canal Memory

Lenox's identity is a Madison County crossroads: Canastota, Wampsville, Oneida Lake edges, and old Erie Canal memory all sit inside the town.

History & Culture

Oneida’s Mansion House Makes Utopian History Local

Oneida’s local identity includes the Mansion House, where a nineteenth-century communal experiment still has a physical address.

History & Culture

Chittenango Keeps L. Frank Baum at Street Level

Chittenango's Oz identity has a local address through L. Frank Baum's birthplace, a village museum, and a hometown marker.

History & Culture

Canastota Turns Boxing Weekend into Village Geography

Canastota's boxing weekend sits on top of an older canal-town identity, turning museums, parade routes, and village streets into local memory.

Cities (1)

Oneida · 10,329

Towns (15)

Sullivan · 14,794 Lenox · 8,768 Cazenovia · 6,740 Hamilton · 6,379 Eaton · 4,284 Madison · 2,766 Brookfield · 2,247 Stockbridge · 1,972 Nelson · 1,890 Lincoln · 1,802 Fenner · 1,668 Lebanon · 1,326 DeRuyter · 1,276 Smithfield · 1,127 Georgetown · 648

Villages (9)

Chittenango · 4,896 Canastota · 4,556 Hamilton · 4,107 Cazenovia · 2,767 Morrisville · 1,633 Wampsville · 573 Munnsville · 454 DeRuyter · 408 Madison · 311

Hamlets (2)

Bridgeport · 1,389 Bridgewater · 516

Statewide starting points

County, assessor, STAR, and environment lookups

Start with the state county directory, then use ORPTS for assessor, equalization-rate, and municipal profile data. Exact local offices and deadlines still come from the county, city, town, village, or borough office.

Use this carefully: County pages here are orientation pages. Current forms, deadlines, local offices, and parcel-specific details come from the responsible office.

Tax rates: NYS Dept of Taxation & Finance (ORPTS), Real Property Tax Rates and Levy Data by Municipality, data.ny.gov dataset iq85-sdzs. (FY2025). Population: U.S. Census 2020. Reviewed June 2026.

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